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Honeymooners: 10 New Sewing Patterns

Here we have a lovely resort style pattern collection from the June 2013 issue of burda style magazine. The styles are all loose fitting and great for destination travels because of their layering capability and fabric choices. These designs are perfectly presented in printed and plain bright fabrics that are fun enough for summertime and sophisticated enough for the modern woman.

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I am in love with this collection. But let me not get ahead of myself because I haven’t even completed sewing my first burda pattern……but I can definitely see my self making and wearing several of the peices in this collection!

When I started sewing for myself (30+ years ago – I was a kid!) and you could get a hold of European patterns, everything was very different than the N. America offerings. At that time, what was stylish in Europe took at least two years to get to N.America, sometimes longer! It isn’t that long anymore, but there is stil lag time! I find Burda sometimes not that great, but then I look over old pattern mags and find exactly what I’m looking for and sure enough, the mag is from a year or two earlier! So hold onto your Burda’s! That item you didn’t like in any collection will probably appeal to you next year or the year after and you won’t be able to find a pattern for it except in an old Burda!

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A number of these patterns are very nice and could be useful in a wardrobe what I don’t like though are all the patch pockets and their placement particularly on the long trousers which is not the most flattering placement for a woman with hips. I also do not like the flower detail on the purple dress. The gathering around the flowers doesn’t sit that well particularly on the chest and makes an otherwise sophisticated shape kind of frumpy. Also the design detail in the shift dress is kind of lost which is a shame because a bolder fabric choice which showed this detail could in turn be more flattering to the figure. All in all a better collection though than I have seen in sometime on this site.

Almost all this collection would suit plus sizes – why can’t we have some if your lovely styling from your regular range in the BIG sizes?!? The plus size offerings are SO dowdy in comparison to your regular styles!

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